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"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
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East Wickham, Greater London · DA16
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in East Wickham.
Upper Wickham Lane runs straight through the middle of East Wickham, carrying the A209 between Welling and Plumstead. Rescue Tyres deals with the car where it already sits, on a drive or against a kerb, with nobody needing to move it first.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in East Wickham?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in East Wickham.
East Wickham is houses, and the tyre jobs are domestic ones. A slow puncture noticed on the school run. A kerb clipped reversing out of a narrow frontage. A tyre that went soft overnight and is flat by breakfast. Wickham Lane and Bellegrove Road supply most of the sharp objects, since that is where the traffic is. None of it calls for a tow or a trip to a shop. The wheel is taken off at the address, the tyre is sorted, and the car goes nowhere.
| Postcode districts | DA16, SE2, SE18, DA7 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Upper Wickham Lane (A209); Wickham Lane (A209); Bostall Hill (A206); Woolwich Road (A206) |
| Nearest stations | Welling (National Rail), Bexleyheath (National Rail), Abbey Wood (National Rail;Elizabeth line) |
| Distance from our base | about 16 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bexley |
What we do in East Wickham
Tyre work in East Wickham.
An East Wickham call generally means one of four things. A new tyre matched to what the vehicle already carries, brought out and fitted at the door. A nail in the tread repaired to BS AU 159, provided the object landed in the repairable area and the tyre was not driven along flat. A ruined tyre swapped out, the rim given a look first. Locking nuts dealt with for anyone who cannot lay hands on the key. Nobody here does wheel alignment, so that is one to take elsewhere.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in East Wickham
Drives, bays and car parks.
Most jobs in these streets finish on a front drive, which is what the fitter would choose anyway: flat, private and away from passing traffic. The usual alternative is a residential turning, with the car parked square and room to stand on the pavement side. Tesco and Lidl bays are public and roomy enough for a vehicle that has driven itself there. The A209 through the middle is not usable, and neither is any spot on a hill where the car would want to roll.
The postcodes tell you how odd this pocket is: one address can be DA16, the next SE2 or SE18, and DA7 creeps in at the far edge, so the postcode is worth quoting in full when you ring. Callers are spread along Upper Wickham Lane and Wickham Lane, through the residential grid behind them, and over towards Welling and West Heath. Welling station sits within reach and draws the usual commuter flats. Bostall Hill and Knee Hill drop away steeply on the Abbey Wood side, and a slope is the wrong place for a jack, so a level drive or a flat stretch of side road always wins. This is Greater London, which means the ULEZ applies, and it means nothing whatsoever for a parked car having a wheel changed.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in East Wickham.
Night calls from these streets come from ordinary life: somebody home late off the A207 with the steering pulling, a carer or nurse due out before dawn, a car found flat on the drive at first light. Whatever the hour, somebody picks up, the size is read back from the vehicle's own markings, and nothing is fitted until you have heard what it costs.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
JIJisoo ImGoogle review
East Wickham FAQs
Questions from East Wickham.
Which postcode should I give for an East Wickham address?
Whichever one the letters arrive at, in full. Addresses here sit in DA16, SE2, SE18 or DA7 depending on the street, and the full postcode with a house number gets the fitter to the right door without a second phone call.
Can you repair a puncture on my drive rather than take the wheel away?
All of it happens at the car. Off comes the wheel, the tyre is separated from its rim on your drive, the inner face is inspected, and the repair or the replacement is finished there before the wheel goes back and is torqued.
Is it safe to change a wheel on Knee Hill or Bostall Hill?
Those gradients are exactly what you do not want under a jack. If the car can still be driven, bring it onto a level side road or home to the drive first. If it cannot, say where it is and the fitter will judge the spot on arrival.
How close to Welling station do you come?
East Wickham runs almost up to it, so the streets around the station are well within the patch. Leave the car on a residential road rather than in railway parking, text the road name, and the wheel is dealt with there.
Nearby
Around East Wickham.
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Upper Wickham Lane, the roads towards Welling or your own drive in DA16: the fitter attends the car.